1. What is the overall importance of group cohesiveness and how do you as a group leader go about fostering group cohesiveness within your groups? What variables would be present in a cohesive group?
2. Discuss the following, Do you believe that there are certain attitudes and actions of leaders that impact the level of trust in a group? Why or why not? If yes, please list some of these factors.
3. Discuss the impact of leader's guidelines on members within the group. Which leader guidelines do you feel are most important and why?
4. Discuss what is meant by the following: 1. The therapist has two discrete functions in the here-and-now; to steer the group into the here-and-now and to facilitate the self-reflective loop. 2. How does the therapist consolidate learning as a result of the two discrete functions just described?
5. Compare and contrast the advantages and the disadvantages to the Cognitive Behavioral Approach to group work?
Compare and contrast the advantages and the disadvantages to the Person- Centered Approach to group work?
After doing so explain why you are in favor of either approach and/or why you are not?